Ratified treaty no. 274, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of June 5, 1854, with the Miami Indians
Date
June 5, 1854
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Record of council held on Oct. 8, 1853, between Miami Indians and Comr. of Indian Affairs at the Osage River Agency.*
2. Ely Moore, U. S. Ind. Agt., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Mar. 22, 1854, informing Department that Miami wish to send a delegation to Washington to treat for the sale of their lands. (OIA, LR, Osage River, M-1021, 1854)
3. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Supt. Alfred Cumming, Apr. 11, 1854, authorizing Agt. Moore to bring Miami delegation to Washington. (OIA, LS, vol. 49, p. 44-45)
4. Authority of Miami delegates to treaty with the United States in the name of the tribe.*
5. Minutes of conferences, May 23 - June 7, 1854.*
6. Big Legs, Little Doctor, and others of Miami delgation to Comr. of Indian Affairs, May 20 and 29 and June 2, 1854, embodying instructions to delegation by Miami council and proposals of Miami to sell their lands. (OIA, LR, Osage River, B-376, B-377, D-590, 1854)
7. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, June 8, 1854, reporting on treaty. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 8, p. 39-40)
8. Jacket of file showing register entry for return of amended treaty by Sec. of Interior to Comr. of Indian Affairs on Aug. 7, 1854.*